The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22

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rdlue schsre sifudiedt and where the fee
of the soil OF any tract, parcel or lot OF
land ID In any person or persons, natural
or artificial, and the right to any miner
ais therein in another, or Others, the same
shall be valued and listed agreeable to
such ownership In separate entries,
specifying the interest listed, and shall
be taxed to the parties owning the dif-
ferent interests respectively"
Section 2793 is amended 80 as tn au.
thorize the Assessor to personally in
spect and fix the valuation on both real
and personal property.
Section 2794 Is amended by still fur
ther enlarging tho power and authority
OF Assessors to fix valuations.
Section 2796 Is amended 80 as to make
II o misdemeanor, punishable by not
less than 500, nor more than 81 900 and
six months In Jail, for an Assessor to
fail or refuse to assess real estate as pro-
vided In section 2702, and other sec
tions.
Section 279S is only changed 40 as to
conform to an appraisement made in
1885.
Section 2S02 amends the original by
providing how omitted parcels OF real
estate shall be placed on the dupli-
cate.
Section 2S03 was amended 30 AZ to
provide how omitted parcels in cities,
towns and villages should be placed on
the duplicate.
10 original section 2786, with the
amendment above given, changing the
year for revaluation to 1886, the follow
ing supplemental sections were added !:
Section 27S6a. In the month OF No
vember one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six and every tenth year
thereafter, in each city Of
THE FIRST AND SECOND CLASSES
Having Board OF Tax Commissioners,
such Board OF Tax Commissioners shall
appoint some competent and suitable
citizen and Elector OF such city, Asses
sors of the real estate within each dis
trict established by the County Com
missioners within such city, and notify
each person 30 appointed for each dis
rict OF his appointment; and il the
party so appointed shall not, within ten
days after receiving such notice, give
bond to the State OF Ohio in the same
amount, containing the same conditions,
with the same oath indorsed thereon,
and with the like surety to the said
Board OF Tax Commissioners required
by law of District Assessors OF districts
not in such cities, his Office shall there
by he vacated; and all vacancies occur
ring in such offices shall be filled by ap-
pontments made by said Board oil Tax
Commissioners, and which bond, with
the oath indorsed thereon, together'with
the approval thereof by said Ronrd,
shall be filed with the County Auditor
and his receipt taken therefor, and filed
with the other papers belonging to the
files of said Board.
Section 27S6b. The Assessors ap-
pointed in pursuance OF the provisions
of the next preceding section shall have
duties and be liable TO the same penal
ties for misconduct in office or the nom
performance of their duties as Real Es-
tate Assessors elected in districts out
side OF such cities"
This is the complete and irrefutable
answer to Governor Foraker's new
claim, that he did not favor an increase
in the valuation of real estate. Ii he
at last approved every line OF it, before
recognized leader OF his party.
Section o792, above given, not only
proposes to increase tho valuation OF all
real estate, but provides for is
ABSOLUTE coNFIscATioN.
II is to be placed upon tn. tax duJ,fi-
cate ut the very highest price any other
tract OF land can be sold in the neigh
borhoo'l upon favorable terms made
between buyer and seller. The prices
obtained at public venduc or Sheriff s
sale is not to be considered, but the
very highest price obtained at private
sale s to fix the taxable valuation of
all the land in the neighbor hood.
appeal to farmers il this would not
bankrupt them in less time than ten
years and force them to sell their farms
to meet their taxes Yet this section
was prepared in response to Governor
Forakerts "Hcnry George message"
and was fully approved by him, as were
supplementary sections 27SS q and 27S6
b, disfranrhising every real estate owner
in cities of the first and second classes.
.
bill are twins they emanate from the
same source, and il the bill had passed
the Legislature, as it was proposed to
pass it. with rush, the agricultural
lands would to-day be
UNDER THE HARROW OF DISTRESS,
And it should be horne in mind that
Governor Foraker and the Republican
leaders do not acknowledge that there
was any wrong contemplated in this
bill they only seek to conceal its plain
meaning by going ON the stump and
trying to explain it away. They do
this because they intend that this bill
shall yet become the law, ii the people
commit the suicidal folly OF re-electfng
Governor Foraker and Republican
Legislature.
Now will Governor Foraker please
explain why his committee first de-
clared this message a forgery, and then
why he is trying to explain it away,
declaring that it meant u decrease in
farm valuation in the face OF this bill,
with all the details of which he is per-
fectly familiar
THE Republican managers who have
lately been paradlng alleged losses
through Democratic officials IN North
western OHIO, include Ottawa county in
the list for Sl2,OoO, although, there was no
shortage whatever, and not a dollars loss
has incurred. Yet they are Very careful
to overlook Huron county. where Van
Fleet, tho Republican treasurer lett TIN,
treasury empty, and for which he Is now
serving Il term in the pcnitentiary. For.
tunate'y all understand tnat naitil,r